Improvement in hop-tbeliis



L. D. SNOOK.

Hop Treil'is .Patente'd May 12, 1868.

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Maxim N-PETER FHOTO \JTHOG NEH, WASHINGTON D O grritrh gist gaunt Lcttei' s'lPatent No .i 77,'if75,; clated May 12, 1868.

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'ro LL WHOM 11 MAY eononlmi f? Be it known that .I, LORnNz6 D. SHOCK, of. Bn-rrington, in the eountyof Yates,- and State of Newfjlfork 'pv full, :le ar, and exnct description 'of the construction and; oper ation of se'm e, reference being hnd to the an nexed drawings, making a. partiof this specification; in whichv for the purpose set forth.

Figure 1 is'a perspective view, and v p Figure 2 is a. sectional-view. l The letters of feferen'ce'xrefer. to 'the'saihe parts in ejaehfigure. g v The nature of my invention-consists :in making a. stake for e hop-trellis of two parts, whereby pieces of wo'od'can be usedin their construction,wh eirwill cost but little," end is readily obtained also usingfhorizontal hare invented i1. new and useful Improvement in Hop- Trellis; a nd I do hereby declere' thatthe following is a. J

training-poles of strips of woo d er singfleeich'othcr at right angles at eiic h posliorstnke they r est upon hooks driven into eachstake near its upper c'a'riibe instantly lowered and the hopspieked'therefrom. p v

To enable others slcilledfin the art to make and use my invention, I will'proeeed' to describe its mode of construction and operation ind;. ithe wh'ole being errengedyso-thatthe bearing portion of the vine {Ais a. stake; itis driven into the ground, and left projecting nny requirednuniheroffeet or fractions thereof In the" upper 'end .is 'hor ed'nho'le lengthwise of the stake, and of any size or depth i equired, theobject o f the hole being for the reception of the upper or'sec'tionelstdke B; hereinafter specified-. By using the stake inftwo parts the part in the ground may be'remoiied when deca ingrthe growing vine; nlso ean be rcudilyv driven when mised upihy the action'o t"frost. 4

yedor broken, and a. newo'ne substituted without injur I B is one of a. ser es of poles orstakes; t hey fform the-upper portioirofvthejstnlrezuponlwhich the'hopev inaclimbs before reaching i tsfhearing-poi nt; itis shown ind-perspective view in, fig 8 O i g- 2; it may he of any length desired for convehient 'cultivation of hops; it may bemndc round or square, or of any shape desired, its lowerportionbeing uiadc to fit into the hole in the upper endof theistake A. Into and near. the uppcr end of the stnke B arevdri ven twohooks, K end K, as hereinafter "speeified for supporting the horizontal'poles D and I1, as shown'in each-figure. 1 h Q I K is a-hook; it may he rnade of wire, or iron from.:iiplaitejor fornied in'enyother'jray, and of any kind-of material, and ofthe form showrrin'figr2t-or one equivelent'to' it. ,Two hooks'ere'driven in each of stakes B, so that when the horizontal poles D and E'a-relnid onthem, they will cross each other at right angles, as shown infi'g.1. Q I i.

. D and E are poles or pieces sawed for thepu rpose; they must not be large, as the weight they will be required to support will be light. 7 Each horizhntal pole passes beyond two stakes, and half way to the next one at each side, or from stake to stake. Each pole eeu be instantly tahen down'zmd the hops picked, and then returned to its plncempon the hooks or stored away under shelter. x

Having thus fully described m'yinvent ion, what I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The horizontal poles D and E; when supported at fight angles upon the upper. seetionsB of the stakes, as specified, by means ofi the hooks K, and used in combination with the sectional stakes A 13, substantially as and LORENZO-D. SNOOK.

Witnesses:

Jean L. LEWIS, CHARLES KETGHUM. 

